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Acts 27:7

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

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ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἱκαναῖςhikanaismanyἱκανός (hikanos)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “many”, the to- or for-formG2425(a) considerable, sufficient, of number, quantity, time, (b) of persons: sufficiently strong (good, etc.), worthy, suitable, with various constructions, (c) many, much.This verse uses “many”.manyδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysβραδυπλοοῦντεςbraduploountesto sail slowlyβραδυπλοέω (braduploeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to sail slowly”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1020I sail slowly.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμόλιςmolisscarceμόλιςadverb — “scarce”G3433with difficulty, hardly, scarcely.scarceγενόμενοιgenomenoiwere comeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “were come”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.were comeκατὰkataover againstκατάpreposition — “over against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.over againstτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΚνίδονknidonCnidusΚνίδος (knidos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Cnidus”, the object formG2834Cnidus, a town on the coast of Caria (south-west Asia Minor) near the island of Cos.Cnidusμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notπροσεῶντοςproseōntossufferingπροσεάω (proseaō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “suffering”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4330I permit one to approach, permit further.sufferingἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνέμουanemouwindἄνεμος (anemos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “wind”, the of-formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.ὑπεπλεύσαμενhupepleusamenwe sailed underὑποπλέω (hupopleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “we sailed under”, a single actionG5284I sail under.we sailed underτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΚρήτηνkrētēnCreteΚρήτη (krētē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Crete”, the object formG2914Crete.Creteκατὰkataover againstκατάpreposition — “over against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.over againstΣαλμώνηνsalmōnēnSalmoneΣαλμώνη (salmōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Salmone”, the object formG4534Salmone, a promontory on the east of Crete.Salmone

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

Young’s Literal Translation

and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

World English Bible

When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

Darby Translation

And sailing slowly for many days, and having with difficulty got abreast of Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete abreast of Salmone;

Douay-Rheims

And when for many days we had sailed slowly, and were scarce come over against Gnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed near Crete by Salmone:

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